Executive summary: the 2021 rsvp grant from cncs will fund the riverside county office on aging?s western riverside county rsvp program, which will have 200 unduplicated rsvp volunteers that will…

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded $339,371 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to the County of Riverside Office on Aging for its Western Riverside County RSVP program. The three-year project grant will support 200 unduplicated RSVP volunteers providing services focused on disaster services and healthy futures. By the end of the grant period, 75 volunteers will be placed at 15 senior or community centers to train 3,000 community members in disaster preparedness, with 400 reporting increased readiness. Additionally, 25 volunteers will be certified as evidence-based fitness instructors improving the health of over 200 older adults. The CNCS investment of $75,000 will be supplemented by $22,500 annually in non-federal resources. The RSVP program allows volunteers age 55+ to provide needed community services and respond to national performance measures.

Executive summary: the 2021 rsvp grant from cncs will fund the riverside county office on aging?s western riverside county rsvp program, which will have 200 unduplicated rsvp volunteers that will serve throughout project area CA20. Of this number, 100 unduplicated rsvp volunteers will be placed in national performances measures with every output paired with a single outcome. The primary focus area of this project is disaster services. At the end of the three-year grant, at least 75 unduplicated rsvp volunteers will be placed in a disaster services work plan. Western riverside county rsvp will also address the focus area healthy futures, with a work plan objective that is designed for rsvp volunteers to implement evidence-based fitness programs in the community for older adults to become engaged in physical activity. Some of the service activities will include rsvp volunteers providing trainings and outreach to increase disaster readiness and preparedness in the community; aiding communities and senior centers as they attempt to recover from the covid-19 pandemic, and rsvp volunteers who will be certified as fitness trainers for "fit after 50" (evidence-based program). At the end of the three-year grant, riverside county?s office on aging?s western riverside county rsvp program will have 75 disaster services volunteers placed at 15 senior or community centers that have trained or better prepared at least 3,000 unduplicated community members with 400 individuals reported a personal increase in disaster readiness. At the end of the three-year grant, our healthy futures work plan will have 25 unduplicated rsvp volunteers who are certified evidence based fitness instructors who have improved the health of over 200 older adults. The cncs federal investment of $75,000 will be supplemented by at least $22,500 a year with nonfederal resources.